Game



May 3, 1927. C w' GRANT 1,627,081

GAME

Filed May 11. 1926 Y 5 A il (ab, Y 6b m f /w l v I J -1-o K /0 l 2f 7 j Patented May 3, 1927.

UNITED-1STATES PATENT: orari j `CHARLES 'WILLIAM GRANT, for; LYNN; MASSACHUSETTS.

GAME.

Application Afiled Maj' 11,

This invention relates to` a game and resides more particularly in a novel form of gamewapparatus whereby .a game simulating baseball can be played, -i-t lbeing possible to determine the plays by theultimate position of a ball after being projected from a position Vat thehoine plate.

A further object :is to provide ,a means whereby a certain amount of skill` onthe part of theplayer is requiredv in ordertto place the balll wherethe mostidesirable refsults will be obtained. 1

With the foregoingY and other .objects i in View which will appear-as Vthe description proceeds, 4the inventionresides in thelcombination and arrangement of parts and in the 4detailsofconstructionhereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precisev embodiment of the invention 'herein disclosed maybe made within the scope'of what is claimed without departingfronithe spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings the VVpreferred forni ofthe invention has been shown.

ln said drawings, l

Figure 1 is a plan View of a game board constituting the present invention.

Figure 2 is .a section on line 2 2, Figure 1.

Referring to the figures by characters of reference 1 designates the game board per se which can be made of `any desired material. This board is surrounded preferably by an upstanding wall 2 of netting the upper edge of which can be reinforced with a wire 3. The netting has an opening 4 at the center of the front of thev board and formed in the board 1 adjacent this opening is a recess 5. An inclined chute 6 is mounted on the boardand has its lower end overhanging the middle portion of the recess 5 as shown at 7. This chute is adapted to receive a ball 8 of woodV or other material, and game pieces in the form of disks 8 are also used.

Suitably outlined on the board lis a playing fieldincluding a diamond indicated at 9` and an outfield. The home plate is represented by a depressionlO located lclose to the recess 5. Arranged in the outfield portion of the board back of and at the sides of the first base, second base 'and third base positions are clusters of grooves or channels 11 cut into the top surface -of the board. These channels can be arranged in any manner desired. In the form` illustrated they '1926; 1: serial Noaioszo. l

are shown `in groups, the' channels ofzreach groupradiating.y from a common center and communicating with thech-annelsof other` groups. 1. Itdesired, however, thechannels can be positionedin any `other suitable way.

The` different channelsl `.can be provided?? Vwith play designating words .or characters. Forexample in one channel maybe pri-nted or otherwise displayed t-he characters This-means that when a game piece is .deposited in lthechannel-so designated-Stile `play is from the vbattery to second base to `first base where thetbatter 71s out. Other vdesignation-s canbe farranged in otherl channels.v t For exainplev the char# :facters Be-rl-O"7V meaningbatter toiirstf v Aand-,ontgaanbe located near'first 'base and at' one or more places in the field can be arranged the characters F-B-S or F--`BO meaning respectively, Vfly ball safe and fly ball out.

The various designating characters that might be used havenot been indicated on the drawing. Any desired plays can be designed by suitably disposed characters placed in different grooved channels. An arrow 12 'is mounted to spin upon a pin 13 extending from the base 1, this arrow travelling over Y a circlev divided `into segments designated by the numerals 1, 2 and 3 and by the letter H.

This spinning device is employed to settle any question of doubt that might arise. For example should a player be on first base and a batter hit a fly tothe outfield and be called out because the game piece should stop in the recess `marked F-B-O, it would have to be determined whethertherunner on first base was able to reach second base after the ball had been caught. To determine this point*v the arrow 12 isr spun and if it stops on thenumeral 2 it indicates that the runner has advanced to second base on the play.'

If it does notstop on the numeral 2, however, the play is not made.

AIn projecting the game the ball 8 is placed at the upper end of chute 6. The ball 8 thus deposited will roll downwardly on the chute and the person playing the game places the closed hand at the opening 4 in the wall. As the ball leaves the end of the chute and drops toward the recess 5 the person playing snaps with one of the fingers of the hand in an effort to hit the ball as it falls and project it to a desired position on the game board. Obviously considerable skill isrequired in so timing the movement of the finger as to cause the ball to .move in thedirection desired. Should the person playing the game fail to hit the ball as it 4drops and the same remain deposited'Y in the recess 5, the play would count as a strike. Any ball landing in the spaces at the sides of the diamondin what is ordinarily foul territory will be counted as a foul ball or a strike according to the circumstances. of balls 14 are mounted on a Wire 15 supe ported by the'board 1 and are used for keeping track of the players as they are put out.

The game pieces 8 are used to indicate the positions of the runners on the bases. Obviously various rules can bel'lnade to meet the Wishes of the players and as be-y 1. Agame including a board, an upstanding wall therearound having an opening for receiving a finger of a player, there being a recess in the board adjacent the opening, of

Counters in the form ling eld located entirely-beyond t and includingla diamond outlined on the board with a recess Vat lthe home plate posidelivery end of the chute.

an opening for receiving thefinger of a player, there beinga recess in the board back of said opening, a laterally extending inclined chute for feeding a spherical game piece to a point above the recess and dropping it toward the recess, therebeinr a playlie chute tioned close to Vtheirst named recess, and a plurality of recesses in the outfield portion ol the board adjacent to and beyondv the diaxmond; any one of the recesses being designed to receivethe projected gamepiece expelled by the linger of the player from below the In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, Ihave hereto affixed my signature. j

t, Y CHARLES WILLIAM GRANT. 

